<p><em>Smiling Down the Line </em>theorizes call centre work as info-service employment and looks at the effects of ever-changing technologies on service work, its associated skills, and the ways in which it is managed.</p>
Smiling down the Line : Info-Service Work in the Global Economy
โ Scribed by Bob Russell
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 345
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
Smiling Down the Line theorizes call centre work as info-service employment and looks at the effects of ever-changing technologies on service work, its associated skills, and the ways in which it is managed.
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